Best Ever Albums

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 02:29:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/21/2017 06:29

This one has a cowbell as a main instrument

De la Soul : Can You Keep a Secret

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Re: Best Use of Cowbell

bobbyb5 — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 02:19:49 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/21/2017 06:19

I just accidentally ran into a great unexpected cowbell. This song right here

https://youtu.be/FBnSWJHawQQ

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

kickerofelves — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:22:06 GMT

Author: kickerofelves

Posted: 10/13/2017 22:22

This cowbell got me into PYG. Great song and fantastic band.
Ignore the video, no idea what that's about.

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Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 16:58:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/13/2017 20:58

Thanks to you, cowbells have just come to existence for me, and now I’m scanning my memory in search of songs.
First songs that comes to my mind :
Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
U-mass (Pixies) which this thread helped me to put a name on.

Then, from the back of my mind, and with a little help from internet, come the following :
The Perfect Kiss (New Order)
Beds are Burning (Midnight Oil)
Holiday (Madonna)
It’s so Easy, Welcome to the Jungle (Gun’s N Roses)
New Frontier (Donald Fagen)
Cream (Prince)
In The Streets (Big Star)
Raw Power (Stooges)
Games People Play (Alan Parsons Project)
Rock Lobster (B52’s)
Helter Skelter & Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Beatles), Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones) already mentionned

I didn’t suspect all these songs I love had cowbells..A bloody nice instrument !

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

bobbyb5 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:50:00 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/13/2017 03:50

wooolf wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

And don't forget;

Funkytown. By Lipps Inc.

That's got to be the most extravagant use of cowbell in history. It actually plays a little Melody and does all kinds of shit.

https://youtu.be/s36eQwgPNSE

Hahaha great, had to listen to be sure, even though I've heard it a thousand times and the cowbell is omnipresent. Still a great tune

I know. I just listened to Funky Town about 5 times in a row. It might be the best Disco record of all time. It's so fun.

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

NowhereMan — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:42:32 GMT

Author: NowhereMan

Posted: 10/13/2017 00:42

Honky Tonk Women
and everybody has something to hide .... off white album came to immediate mind

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Space-Dementia — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 20:05:48 GMT

Author: Space-Dementia

Posted: 10/13/2017 00:05

bobbyb5 wrote:

wooolf wrote:

and.. cowbell solo!
https://youtu.be/Naf5uJYGoiU?t=64
(Hey Ladies - Beastie Boys)

and of course this epic chorus by Bachman Turner Overdrive:
https://youtu.be/4cia_v4vxfE?t=44

I wonder if that is the only cowbell solo ever

You forgot this one. Go to 1:40.

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

bobbyb5 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:02:33 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/12/2017 23:02

adbrack1988 wrote:

Anyone mention Low Rider yet? Honkey Tonk Women?

Also,
Arctic Monkeys - Balaclava
QOTSA - little sister

Yeah low rider and little sister are excellent ones

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

RoundTheBend — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 18:58:30 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 10/12/2017 22:58

This is the only use of cowbell I actually like:

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Re: Best Use of Cowbell

adbrack1988 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:52:33 GMT

Author: adbrack1988

Posted: 10/12/2017 21:52

Anyone mention Low Rider yet? Honkey Tonk Women?

Also,
Arctic Monkeys - Balaclava
QOTSA - little sister

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:49:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/12/2017 21:49

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Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:14:02 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/12/2017 21:14

bobbyb5 wrote:

Words wrote:

You guys must be sucking salt for not bringing up this one.

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I. DID bring up that song. In the very first post. It's Don't Fear the Reaper. But I forgot if the band in that skit had their own name or if they just called them Blue Oyster Cult. But the record they're playing is Don't Fear the Reaper.

Woops...there is no coming back from that one for me.

Here lies Words
2017-2017

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

wooolf — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:50:54 GMT

Author: wooolf

Posted: 10/12/2017 20:50

Fischman wrote:

Deep Purple -- You Fool No One

Woa very cool cowbell groove!

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Fischman — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:47:53 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 10/12/2017 20:47

Deep Purple -- You Fool No One

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Re: Best Use of Cowbell

bobbyb5 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:43:49 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/12/2017 20:43

wooolf wrote:

You're not wrong.

But this break at the end of U-mass also rocks!
https://youtu.be/cN4V5XjyR6s?t=157

(I might be biased, we covered this song in high school during my first gig as a drummer, so it was also my first drum 'solo' 😄 )

Hey you're right. Its used in a kind of a similar way as We're an American band. Very cool.

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

wooolf — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:35:40 GMT

Author: wooolf

Posted: 10/12/2017 20:35

bobbyb5 wrote:

Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong.

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

bobbyb5 — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:18:31 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 10/12/2017 20:18

I'm going to have to declare the winner to be:

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD. WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND

Not only is cowbell the very first sound that you hear on the record, but it's used in a completely unique way. Its used as a kind of punctuation. The guitars stop, and the cowbell itself keeps the song going. It's just the most awesome use of cowbell ever. Listen to it and tell me I'm wrong.

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

Luigii — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:08:58 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 10/12/2017 20:08

wooolf wrote:

This thread made me listen to Jamiroquai again.
These two albums are full of cowbell.. But there's woodblocks & agogo bells too (= like a duo of mini cowbells 😉 )

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Emergency On Planet Earth by Jamiroquai
Check Hooked up for a classic 4 to the floor cb example

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The Return Of The Space Cowboy by Jamiroquai
Check Stillness In Time, after about a minute.. nice combo of agogo, cowbell, woodblock & more..

Emergency on Planet Earth is a classic. Almost 25 years and still holds up to this day.
I still need to listen to their second record but wasn't crazy about it when I wanted to listen to it.

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

wooolf — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:54:13 GMT

Author: wooolf

Posted: 10/12/2017 19:54

here's another nice track with cowbell

zero7 - Crosses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmcjwiFe8as

(cowbell sweetness starts at about 2:50)

Re: Best Use of Cowbell

wooolf — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:37:43 GMT

Author: wooolf

Posted: 10/12/2017 19:37

bobbyb5 wrote:

I wonder if that is the only cowbell solo ever

Here's one in a musical number
https://youtu.be/H7Q9ZEdOLSE?t=79

from Cannibal! the musical (Trey Parker & Matt Stone)
I gotta check out this movie.. 🤣